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Thunderstorms churn up a ‘boiling pot’ of high-energy gamma rays
A thunderstorm seen in gamma ray vision plays out as a complex, frenzied lightshow above the clouds.
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A thunderstorm seen in gamma ray vision plays out as a complex, frenzied lightshow above the clouds.
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